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Level 3

Description

This level of maturity is defined at community level. The data at this level complies with community standard domain models, terminologies and formats, and is hosted in an environment offering searching and retrieval capabilities.

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Level3-Overview

Level 3 compliant datasets are generally deposited in a community-specific data portal such as ImmPort for immunology research data, ENA for sequencing data or BioModels for mathematical models of biological and biomedical systems. Such repositories usually have a defined data model adapted to the needs of the domain or community and that defines the minimum metadata that needs to be collected, links between data types or data objects, where applicable, and domain-relevant terminologies and ontologies with which data and metadata should be annotated.

Conformance to a well-defined community model such as the ImmPort one shown below is essential for the integration of different datasets in the same domain.

Level3-Model

FAIR-DSM Level 3 Indicators

DSM-3-C1

IdentifierDSM-3-C1
NameIf applicable, study-level / experimental metadata is reported in compliance with relevant Standard Minimum Information Reporting Guidelines
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelProject/Study
DescriptionThis is a metadata-related requirement focusing on standardisation of context and domain representation. Minimum information standards are sets of guidelines and formats for reporting data derived by specific high-throughput methods. Their purpose is to ensure the data generated by these methods can be easily verified, analysed and interpreted by the wider scientific community
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR PrincipleR1.3. (Meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards
Cross-reference FAIR indicatorsRDA-R1.3-01M, FsF-R1.3-01M

DSM-3-C2

IdentifierDSM-3-C2
NameIf applicable, Dataset(s) content is reported in compliance with relevant community-defined Data Reporting Guidelines
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelDataset
DescriptionThis is a data-related requirement focusing on standardisation of the type and definition of Dataset(s) that should be reported for a given subject-area or a study type. Minimum information standards are sets of guidelines and formats for reporting data derived by specific high-throughput methods. Their purpose is to ensure the data generated by these methods can be easily verified, analysed and interpreted by the wider scientific community
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR PrincipleR1.3. (Meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards
Cross-reference FAIR indicatorsRDA-R1.3-01D

DSM-3-C3

IdentifierDSM-3-C3
NameWhere applicable, Dataset Field Names use standard controlled terms as recommended by the adopted Standard.
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelDataset
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR PrincipleR1.1. (Meta)data are released with a clear and accessible data usage license
Cross-reference FAIR indicatorsRDA-R1.1-01M, RDA-R1.1-02M, FsF-R1.1-01M

DSM-3-C4

IdentifierDSM-3-C4
NameTextual Dataset Field Values are standardised against domain-specific Controlled Terminologies and/or Ontology Terms
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelDataset Field Values
DescriptionThis is a data-related requirement focusing on the standardisation of the terminologies used within and across related Datasets. This indicator focuses on the set of data values for a given dataset field. To promote interoperability and enable the hosting environment to carry out cross-study queries, dataset textual field values should be standardised against community-standard controlled terminology or ontologies.
Related F+MM IndicatorDSM-3-C5
Related FAIR PrincipleI2. (Meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles, R1.3. (Meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards
Cross-reference FAIR indicatorsRDA-I2-01D

DSM-3-C5

IdentifierDSM-3-C5
NameValue Level Metadata includes Resolvable Identifiers for Controlled and/or Standard Terms reported in the Dataset
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelDataset Field Values
DescriptionThis is a metadata-related requirement related to F+MM-3.C4. Dataset Field Values are expected to use standard terminology that are defined and described by other external resources. This indicator requires that for each term used a reference to its external definition is included in either the dataset itself (e.g. as a separate related field) or in a metadata record as specified by the Dataset Exchange Model if applicable.
Related DSM IndicatorDSM-3-C4
Related FAIR PrincipleI2. (Meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles, I3. (Meta)data include qualified references to other (meta)data
Cross-reference FAIR indicatorsRDA-I3-01M, RDA-I3-01D

DSM-3-C6

IdentifierDSM-3-C6
NameDataset Descriptor includes standard-compliant Field-level Metadata as prescribed by the adopted standard Dataset Model.
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelDataset
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR indicators 

DSM-3-C7

IdentifierDSM-3-C7
NameDataset Descriptor references a standard license under which the dataset can be re-used.
Maturity Level3
CategoryContent and Context
Granularity LevelDataset
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR indicators 

DSM-3-H1

IdentifierDSM-3-H1
NameThe Data hosting environment’s Persistence Model is aligned with a standard Dataset model or compliant with relevant Minimum Information Reporting Guidelines.
Maturity Level3
CategoryHosting Environment related requirements
CapabilityStorage
Description 
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Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-ref FAIR indicators 

DSM-3-H2

IdentifierDSM-3-H2
NameFor each dataset, the hosting environment provides a permanent and persistent address containing its unique identifier for access and retrieval.
Maturity Level3
CategoryHosting Environment related requirements
CapabilityStorage
DescriptionThis indicator is about the resolution of the identifier that identifies the dataset. The hosting environment should assign a persistent identifier to the dataset and associate it with a formally defined retrieval/resolution mechanism for dataset access and retrieval.
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR PrincipleF1. (Meta)data are assigned a globally unique and persistent identifier.
Cross-ref FAIR indicatorsRDA-F1-01D, RDA-A1-03D, FsF-F1-02D

DSM-3-H3

IdentifierDSM-3-H3
NameHosting environment offers Data Discovery capability
Maturity Level3
CategoryHosting Environment related requirements
CapabilitySearching Capability
DescriptionThis indicator requires the hosting environment to offer enhanced data discovery capabilities. This can be achieved by linking multiple related datasets through an implementation of a common domain model (DSM-3-R1), which allows users to search and find contextually-related datasets. Datasets at this level are expected to use annotated and described standardised Dataset Fields (DSM-3-R2) and their content to use standardised value terms and concepts (DSM-3-C2). The hosting resource should therefore capitalise on these rich annotations and allow users to search across datasets for concepts and standard terms in their content through the use of ontology-related query expansions.
Related DSM IndicatorsDSM-3-R1, DSM-3-R2, DSM-3-C2
Related FAIR PrincipleF1. (Meta)data are assigned a globally unique and persistent identifier
Cross-ref FAIR indicators 

DSM-3-H4

IdentifierDSM-3-H4
NameIf applicable, Dataset hosting environment offers dataset-level authentication and authorisation capabilities.
Maturity Level3
CategoryHosting Environment related requirements
CapabilityData Retrieval
DescriptionThis indicator requires the hosting resource to provide a more granular approach to data accessibility. A dataset level authorisation capability would allow data owners to define user-access rights per dataset rather than on a project or study based level.
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR PrincipleA1.2 The protocol allows for an authentication and authorisation procedure, where necessary.
Cross-ref FAIR indicatorsRDA-A1.2-01D

DSM-3-R1

IdentifierDSM-3-R1
NameContextual Metadata necessary to understand and interpret Datasets’ content is defined and conforms to a standard Domain Model if available
Maturity Level3
CategoryMetadata Representation
Granularity LevelDataset
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR indicators 

DSM-3-R2

IdentifierDSM-3-R2
NameStructured Data are represented as Datasets and conform to relevant standard Dataset Model(s) for FAIR sharing and re-use
Maturity Level3
CategoryData Representation
Granularity LevelDataset-level
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR Indicators 

DSM-3-R3

IdentifierDSM-3-R3
NameDataset Descriptor(s) use community-defined or domain-specific metadata standard
Maturity Level3
CategoryData Representation
Granularity LevelDataset-level
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR IndicatorsRDA-R1.3-01D

DSM-3-R4

IdentifierDSM-3-R4
NameA formal documentation of the adopted Standard Dataset Model is available in a Machine Readable Format
Maturity Level3
CategoryData Format
Granularity LevelDataset-level
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR indicators 

DSM-3-R5

IdentifierDSM-3-R5
NameIf applicable, Dataset(s) available in non-proprietary Machine Readable Format relevant to the adopted standard Dataset Model.
Maturity Level3
CategoryData Format
Granularity LevelDataset-level
Description 
Related DSM Indicator 
Related FAIR Principle 
Cross-reference FAIR indicators 

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